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| .TH GETDTABLESIZE 3 2016-03-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| getdtablesize \- get file descriptor table size |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B #include <unistd.h> |
| .PP |
| .B int getdtablesize(void); |
| .PP |
| .in -4n |
| Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| .BR feature_test_macros (7)): |
| .in |
| .PP |
| .BR getdtablesize (): |
| .ad l |
| .RS 4 |
| .PD 0 |
| .TP 4 |
| Since glibc 2.12: |
| .nf |
| /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE |
| || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE |
| || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L) |
| .TP 4 |
| .fi |
| Before glibc 2.12: |
| _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500 |
| .\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED |
| .PD |
| .RE |
| .ad b |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .BR getdtablesize () |
| returns the maximum number of files a process can have open, |
| one more than the largest possible value for a file descriptor. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| The current limit on the number of open files per process. |
| .SH ERRORS |
| On Linux, |
| .BR getdtablesize () |
| can return any of the errors described for |
| .BR getrlimit (2); |
| see NOTES below. |
| .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| .BR attributes (7). |
| .TS |
| allbox; |
| lb lb lb |
| l l l. |
| Interface Attribute Value |
| T{ |
| .BR getdtablesize () |
| T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| .TE |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| SVr4, 4.4BSD (the |
| .BR getdtablesize () |
| function first appeared in 4.2BSD). |
| It is not specified in POSIX.1; |
| portable applications should employ |
| .I sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) |
| instead of this call. |
| .SH NOTES |
| .BR getdtablesize () |
| is implemented as a libc library function. |
| The glibc version calls |
| .BR getrlimit (2) |
| and returns the current |
| .B RLIMIT_NOFILE |
| limit, or |
| .B OPEN_MAX |
| when that fails. |
| .\" The libc4 and libc5 versions return |
| .\" .B OPEN_MAX |
| .\" (set to 256 since Linux 0.98.4). |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR close (2), |
| .BR dup (2), |
| .BR getrlimit (2), |
| .BR open (2) |